Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1591317 ⇒
A) 17 B) 24 C) 20 D) 21 E) 19
[Correct Answer]:D
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
109876 ⇒
A) 8 B) 5 C) 1 D) 4 E) 7
[Correct Answer]:B
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1235813 ⇒
A) 22 B) 18 C) 21 D) 23 E) 25
[Correct Answer]:C
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1351351351 ⇒
A) 9 B) 5 C) 7 D) 1 E) 3
[Correct Answer]:E
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

123312231123 ⇒
A) 4 B) 3 C) 5 D) 1 E) 2
[Correct Answer]:B
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
10

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
10

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
10

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
10

1
8

1
6
⇒
A)
1
10
B)
1
4
C)
1
14
D)
1
8
E)
1
12

[Correct Answer]:B
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
123422343234423⇒
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 1 E) 2
[Correct Answer]:B
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

2
3

3
4

4
5

5
6

6
7

7
8

8
9
⇒
A)
9
10
B)
8
10
C)
11
10
D)
9
11
E)
9
8

[Correct Answer]:A
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

149162536 ⇒
A) 70 B) 56 C) 49 D) 21 E) 63
[Correct Answer]:C
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
565656665666566 ⇒
A) 65666 B) 665666 C) 6665666 D) 66656 E) 666566
[Correct Answer]:E